Which US president left office with the lowest approval rating? (Since and including FDR)

Carter?

Ford?

Good question Serge.

I want to say Ford, but I think Carter?

The lowest approval-rating average went to President Carter, who left office with 45 percent.

No correct guesses yet. I'm getting different answers as I look in different places. but i think have a reliable source.

BTW, the guy with the second lowest will probably surprise you. Surprised me anyway., but in retrospect I should have known.

Johnson?

Nixon?

Gallup on 12/8/80 has 34% for Carter. I have two presidents lower from my source. Source: Roper/Gallup.

Colin,

you might be right. I just found it searching on yahoo.


http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a4ae61e3d21.htm

Johnson?

Nixon? [/b][/quote]
Nixon, Yup. 24%.

The surprise (to me) was Truman at 32%

Here's the source I used.
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

This is interesting too.
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/pubper/pd...t_1991_pp14.pdf

August, 1991. Only 2% had Clinton as first choice for Democratic candidates. That was a hell of a campaign they ran.

well, true, he personally tried to convince every female voter that he is IT!
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well, true, he personally tried to convince every female voter that he is IT!
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It's good to get behind the voter.

From the link that I was reading, Clinton left office with a higher approval rating then Reagan, interesting..

That I knew. Both left office quite high - historically. Reagan's ratings were only about average during most of his term. They've continued to rise.

Voters are used to politicans getting behind them.

It's when they forget the lube that it hurts.

women............
;-)))

Truman isn't a huge surprise to me, really. He did have the dirty job of dropping the bomb - twice. That had to have had a negative impact on public opinion even though by doing it he essentially ended the war in Japan.